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expected Synonyms

expected

modif.

  1. Wonted

    normal, familiar, habitual; see conventional 1.

  2. Anticipated

    looked for, awaited, counted upon, contemplated, looked forward to, hoped for, relied upon, foreseeable, foreseen, envisioned, predicted, predictable, foretold, prophesied, planned for, prepared for, budgeted, scheduled, due, in the works*, in the cards*, coming up*, in the bag*; see also coming 1, likely 1, proposed.

expected Quotes

History is a tale of efforts that failed†aspirations that weren't realized, or wishes that were fulfilled and then turned out to be different from what one expected.

—Kissinger, HenryAlfred

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

For I had expected always Some brightness to hold in trust, Some final innocence To save from dust

—Spender, Sir Stephen Harold

Milord, in that case an Act of God was defined as 'something which no reasonable man could have expected'.

—Herbert, SirA(lan) P(atrick)

Nothing happens in Burma, but then nothing is expected to happen.

—Theroux, Paul Edward